When June rolls around in Gloucester, it can only mean one thing: it's time to bring out the greasy pole. "It's honestly what you dream of ever since you're a kid," said Tyler Parisi in 2024, just ...

Each year a group of competitors take on the greasy pole challenge which has been a tradition in a coastal village for more than 100 years. Contenders try to walk, run or slide along a 30ft (9.1m) ...

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The world-famous greasy pole contest starts today at St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester. Videos of contestants attempting to scamper across a slippery 45-foot telephone ...

GLOUCESTER — As a thick fog rolled over Gloucester Harbor, a man in a white T-shirt stepped out onto a 40-foot greased telephone pole suspended above the surf. He slipped and fell into the water. For ...